SINGAPORE VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,945	1	5,292	+ 1,653
Stroke	2	4,273	3	1,559	+ 2,715
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,109	28	108	+ 3,002
Lung Disease	4	1,644	14	383	+ 1,261
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,532	2	5,189	- 3,658
Kidney Disease	6	1,515	6	1,028	+ 487
Hypertension	7	861	8	732	+ 129
Liver Disease	8	790	20	209	+ 581
Lung Cancers	9	764	4	1,540	- 777
Road Traffic Accidents	10	741	26	121	+ 620
Suicide	11	714	9	650	+ 64
Asthma	12	600	35	37	+ 563
Breast Cancer	13	553	10	605	- 52
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	547	36	32	+ 514
Congenital Anomalies	15	508	31	80	+ 428
Low Birth Weight	16	472	41	25	+ 447
Stomach Cancer	17	462	12	405	+ 57
Measles	18	448	72	0	+ 448
Drownings	19	381	38	29	+ 352
Other Injuries	20	371	32	79	+ 292
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	344	39	28	+ 316
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	342	5	1,203	- 861
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	327	43	22	+ 305
Prostate Cancer	24	307	16	303	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	25	288	21	204	+ 84
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	252	33	69	+ 183
Falls	27	228	18	218	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	28	211	29	90	+ 121
Inflammatory/Heart	29	207	19	215	- 8
Liver Cancer	30	195	7	746	- 551
Endocrine Disorders	31	174	37	30	+ 144
Cervical Cancer	32	169	30	85	+ 84
Lymphomas	33	161	13	397	- 236
Violence	34	160	46	15	+ 146
Birth Trauma	35	157	55	3	+ 153
Uterin Cancer	36	153	23	147	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	37	152	53	3	+ 148
Bladder Cancer	38	138	27	120	+ 18
Oral Cancer	39	126	15	317	- 191
Pancreas Cancer	40	107	11	537	- 430
Skin Disease	41	99	25	136	- 36
Leukemia	42	91	17	249	- 158
Malnutrition	43	81	63	0	+ 81
Meningitis	44	70	48	8	+ 61
Epilepsy	45	67	42	25	+ 42
Alcohol	46	61	47	10	+ 51
Skin Cancers	47	56	34	56	+ 0
Fires	48	52	49	7	+ 45
Syphilis	49	51	65	0	+ 51
Tuberculosis	50	50	40	26	+ 25
Oesophagus Cancer	51	27	24	137	- 110
Poisonings	52	24	60	1	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	53	19	22	195	- 176
Encephalitis	54	17	61	0	+ 17
Drug Use	55	16	44	19	- 3
Appendicitis	56	11	50	6	+ 6
Hepatitis B	57	9	52	4	+ 5
Pertussis	58	6	62	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	6	58	2	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	57	3	+ 2
Dengue	61	4	66	0	+ 4
Tetanus	62	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	63	1	64	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	56	3	- 2
War	65	1	59	2	- 2
Ascariasis	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	54	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	68	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	45	18	- 18
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Samoa

Singapore

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.